2022届辽宁省沈阳市第二中学高三第二次模拟考试英语试题.docx

2022届辽宁省沈阳市第二中学高三第二次模拟考试英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解Films for you!A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)A true classic, this Peanuts cartoon gives many viewers a sense of nostalgia (怀 旧). Return to the iconic moment when Lucy pulls the football away from Charlie Brown right as he*s about to kick it. Life is hard, but in this animated film, sweetness wins when the Peanuts group prepares a Thanksgiving feast, complete with jelly beans.Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)This John Hughes comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy is already a Thanksgiving classic for many. Neal ends up rerouting the plane because of a snowstorm. Ashe struggles to find a way home for Thanksgiving, he gets stuck with extremely positive Del.One True Thing (1998)Meryl Streep was nominated (提名)for an Academy Award for her performance in this movie as a wife and mom who struggles with cancer. Renee Zellweger plays the grown daughter who has to come home to help with the holiday. The two try to hold the family together, especially during a tense Thanksgiving meal when guests get all the attention.The Gold Rush (1925)Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp eats his shoe for Thanksgiving dinner while trapped in a snowstorm in this endearing silent film classic fro m 1925. Watch this one if you're in the mood to see a leather shoe prepared and eaten as if it were a delicious turkey. It makes you grateful for what you have!1. What could A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving remind many viewers of?A.Birth of animated films.B.History of football games.C ,Taste of jelly beans.D.Sweet memories of old days.2. Which film best suits people who want to see a leather shoe eaten?A.The Gold Rush.B.A Charlie Brown ThanksgivingC One True Thing.D.Planes, Trains and Automobiles.3. What do these four films have in common?So I went straight out and called the first name. Five bodies showed up at my guiding desk, a pale short woman and four small children in untidy clothing.“Are you all sick?” I asked. "Yes, " she said weakly and lowered her head.“Okay, “ I replied. "Who's first?" One by one they sat down, and I asked the usual beginning questions. When it came to the description of their symptoms, things got a little vague（含糊的）.Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren't accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough, but seemed to work to produce it.Something was wrong with the picture. Suddenly I knew something. So I explained to the mother that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her because there were several more critical patients, she responded, "Take your time. It's warm here and there is a Christmas tree.注意：续写词数应为150左右：Then the mother turned and, with a smile, settled her kids in the waiting room.The nurses, complaining about working Christmas, turned to sympathy for the homeless family.A. They are related to Thanksgiving.B. They tell interesting family stories.C. They describe the holiday activities.D. They are based on the authors' own life.Animal rescuer and cinematographer Douglas Thom's passion fbr animals began when he was a little kid. "I started rescuing orphaned baby animals/9 Thorn says. "And I wanted to be a wildlife cinematographer.”When Thron grew up, he did just that, working for shows like Discovery Channels Shark Week, filming the great white sharks off the coast of Santa Cruz, California. But Thron says it was the Paradise Fire in California in 2018 that “pushed" him to do animal rescue activism work, putting his aerial cinematography skills to good use.At the time, Thron was filming a man who was rescuing cats after the fire using an infrared hand-held camera. The camera uses heat to detect the animals at night Thron and the man talked about how incredible it would be to put one on a drone to detect animals more easily. "The animafs body temperature will glow on the screen and you can pick them out among the bricks and stones J explains Thron.The first animal Thron ever rescued was a dog in the Bahamas after a category-5 hurricane hit, which wiped out hundreds of houses. Thron tested out putting an infrared scope on a drone and found the dog.“The drone really shaves off critical time so that the really badly hurt animals are able to be rescued J Thron says. Once the scope picks up the "heat signature of an animal”, Thron turns a spotlight on the animal and zooms in on it, so he and the rescue crews can go and save the animal.Thron has basically been "going non-stop since then”. His TV show, Doug to the Rescue, shows some of his heart-warming animal rescues, including after Hurricane Laura in Louisiana in 2020 and after fires in Northern California and Oregon. Thron also helped rescue koalas after fires damaged parts of Australia in 2020.4. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Researching rare animals.B. Rescuing homeless animals.C. Becoming a disaster rescuer.D. Working as a wildlife cinematographer.5. What's Thron's purpose for attaching the infrared camera to the drone?A. To locate an animal quickly.B. To shoot more inviting photos.C. To take animals* body temperature.D. To give warnings of dangers timely.6. What's the fifth paragraph mainly about?A. The difficulties Thron has to overcome.B. The skills Thron will need to operate the drone.C. The way Thron uses the drone to rescue animals.D. The reason why Thron chooses his present job.7. According to the passage, which word can best describe Thron?A. Modest.B. Creative.C. Generous.D. Outgoing.To fight against the ballooning waistlines among people, several U. S. cities have instituted taxes on drinks with added sugar aiming to reduce consumption, but new research suggests these policies currently have one fundamental flaw.The study found sugary drink only reduce purchasing if price tags at stores mention consumers are paying that tax when they buy the drink.The research included a field study at two convenience stores in San Francisco, which currently has a tax on sugary drinks of 1 cent per ounce. Researchers varied the price tags placed on the sugary drinks over the eight-week study: one tag that simply said the price for the 12-ounce drink ($1.52) and one that had the price and the message "Includes SF Sugary Drink Tax”. All non-sugary drinks, which weren't subject to the tax, simply had the price of the drink ($1.40).The researchers compared sales of the drinks during the study period to the two weeks before the study began when the sugary drink tax was in effect but there were no price tags on any drinks. Results showed sales of sugary drinks werenft lower during the two weeks, compared to sales before the tax, indicating the tax itself didn't reduce purchases of sugary drinks.The researchers then looked at the effects of the two different price tags. Results showed the share of sugary drinks purchased when the tags simply showed the price wasn't significantly different from the two-week period before the study, but did decline slightly when the tags mentioned the price included the added tax.In a separate online study, the researchers asked participants to estimate what the tax would be on a can of their favorite drink that cost $1.52. The average estimate was 40 cents一 much higher than the 12 cents actually demanded in San Francisco. When told the tax was only 12 cents, they reported they'd still purchase the drink.The findings suggest price tags should mention the tax but not the amount, for consumers tend to overestimate how much the tax is. "If cities want these policies to be effective, they need to regulate how sugary drinks are labeled at stores and they currently don't do that,“ said Donnelly, lead author of the study.8. What does the underlined word "flaw" mean in the first paragraph?A. Weakness.B. Solution.C. Imbalance. D. Evidence.9. What kind of price tags may discourage customers from buying sugary drinks?A. Price tags bearing sugar content.B. Price tags with the exact tax on them.C. Price tags saying added tax included.D. Price tags just showing the total price.'s suggestion?B. Cancel sugary drink taxes at once.D. Cities urge stores to use proper priceB. Eating Habits and Food Consumption.D. Non-sugary Drinkers Benefit from New10. Which of the following may be DonnellyA. Stores label sugary drinks at will.C. Publicize the impacts of sugary drinks, tags.11. What might be the best title for the text?A. A New Way to Prevent Fatness.C. Sugary Drink Taxes Aren't Working Well.Policies.After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance: curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.Together, these deep human urges（弓区策力）count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, nWhy? Why? Why?”Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don't have to be learned. We are born with them and need only recapture them.” The great man, Hsaid Mencius （孟子），is he who does not lose his child*s heart. "Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires only the calm and restful average. It encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied.Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.How should you start so as not to become discouraged? I think of one friend who couldn't arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. Now she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability? Most people don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time? That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Han'iet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom's Cabin while cooking. You're too old? Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.12. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims toA. propose a definitionB , make a comparisonC reach a conclusionD. present an argumentWhat does the example of Galileo tell us?A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.B. Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious.C. Creativity results from challenging authority.D. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.13. What can we learn from Paragraphs 6 and 7?A. Gaining success helps you become an expert.B , The genius tends to get things done creatively.C. Lack of talent and time is no reason for taking no action.D. You should remain modest when approaching perfection.A. Curious Minds Never Feel Contented.B Reflections on Human Nature.C , The keys to Achievement.D. Never too Late to Learn.二、七选五People spend too much time and effort trying to control anxiety these days. Here are some things you can do to help minimize anxiety's negative effects.16 If you treat anxiety as part of life and part of everyone's living experience, you can learn to relate it with self-compassion and even with humor. This is a cornerstone of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which has been gaining clinical validation.ACT guides people to see their unpleasant emotions as just feelings and accept that parts of life are hard. Doctors encourage patients to begin a dialogue with anxious thoughts.17 Meanwhile, they also keep in mind patients5 personal goals and values. Although anxious thoughts shouldn't be completely controlled, sufferers can be trained not to allow anxiety to turn them away from what they want to do and who they want to be.Make lifestyle adjustments. 18 This requires trial and error to get just right. While acceptance is the first and most important step, some lifestyle changes have been proved to take the edge off as well.Work out regularly. When tiredness and stress leave you more exposed to anxiety, a well-balanced diet and adequate rest are helpful. 19 One research study shows that regular vigorous workouts reduce the likelihood of developing an anxiety disorder over the next five years by 25 percent.As a specialist, Arthur also shares her experiences on the website, openly discussing her anxiety has transformed her relationship with it. "I'm learning to live in harmony, as much as possible, with this thing that is part of me,“ she says. "It's not always pleasant, but I accept it.20Accept it.A. Develop a sense of humor.B. I may be more anxious in the future.C. To some extent, I can take care of my anxiety.D. Above all, exercise can help you manage it better.E. Learning to live with anxiety is an individual process.F. They want to examine the causes of patients9 feelings.三、完形填空The Munfords were moving into a house they bought. They wanted to see if all the furniture was in good condition before they used it. James Munford was 21 the built-in drawers in the closet last month, when he found two cases holding 46 gold Liberty $5 coins and 18 Morgan silver dollars that were made in the 1800s. They looked really old, like they were really worth a lot of 22.James and his wife, Clarrisa, who are both retired thought the coins are 23 a family heirloom （传家宝），so they went ahead and made sure the owner 24 them back. James texted pictures of the 25 to the home's former owner and made plans to 26 them.“We really didn't know anything about the 27 of the coins. We really didn't28、to be honest with you. We knew they were not ours,“ said Clarrisa Munfbrd,who runs a restaurant business.The home's 29 owner, who asked not to be 30, estimated （估算）that the coins were worth about $25,000. He said he'd put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago for safe keeping and didn't see it in his 31 to getpacked up and moved out of the house. The rest of his coin collection was in his safe. He didn't realize the coins were 32 until the Munfords contacted him. He added thathe would never have known if they had 33 to sell the coins and keep the moneyfor themselves.The Munfords are s